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Science Fiction Wednesday: Women in Science Fiction
In honor of Women's History Month, we are celebrating powerful voices in science fiction.“I got a letter that said, ‘We would like to invite you to give the Andrew Lang Lecture,’ and then the kicker...
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Extraterrestrial Abduction Day
“In space, no one can hear you scream” was the tagline of the epic Sigourney Weaver flick Alien. Well, they might have been able to hear the poor, tortured, isolated crew of the Nostromo if they had...
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Patricia Wentworth and the Mystery of Love
British author Patricia Wentworth is best known for creating the iconic governess-turned-sleuth Miss Maud Silver, who featured in thirty-two novels published between 1928 and 1961. But before Patricia...
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Military Monday: The Veterans View of Vietnam
In 2012, President Obama marked the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of America’s involvement in the Vietnam War by declaring March 29 Vietnam Veterans Day. The purpose was to “honor the more than...
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IDW: No Man's Land
Introduction by Jonathan Maberry So… ZOMBIES VS. ROBOTS. I’m a guy. I’m a pop-culture geek going back to when I snuck into the movies at age ten to see the world premiere of Night of the...
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Celebrating the Value of "Women's Work"
A man may work from sun to sun, but women’s work is never done! Knitting has been an ideal handwork for women over the past centuries. Knitting is portable, can easily be put down to rock the cradle or...
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Swing into Baseball Season with Ebooks for $2.99
Get ready for weekends at the ball park with baseball-centric children’s and young adult ebooks from our starting lineup of authors: John R. Tunis, Fred Bowen, Chris Lynch, Dori Hillestad Butler,...
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Making the World a Beautiful Place through Crafts
It was the little girl in her miniature hospital bed who turned my focus away from the story I was reading to knitting. An ancient-faced toddler. Her hair brittle. Her pale skin papery thin. November...
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Who Cares about Gladiators? Simone Sarasso Does
Italian author Simone Sarasso has written Colosseum, an exciting novel about Roman gladiators in the first century. Why the hell write a book about gladiators now, in the twenty-first century? That’s...
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Before Bourne: Eric Van Lustbader’s Nicholas Linnear Novels
Jeremy Renner may have replaced Matt Damon in the latest installment of the Robert Ludlum's™ Bourne series, but that doesn’t mean Jason Bourne has stepped out of the picture. Did you know that there...
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Military Monday: An Interview with Dennis Foley
Open Road Media has just released four Vietnam War novels by Dennis Foley as ebooks. We spoke to him about how he became a writer and his experiences during the Vietnam War. How did you become a...
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Spring Steals: April Deals from $1.99
Scoop up the ebooks below, on sale from $1.99 from participating retailers during April. Click on each cover to learn more. Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladiesby J. B. WestIn...
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April Fools! Whodunits with Humor
Mysteries are often full of cons, criminals, and villains trying to pull the wool over your eyes, but you’ll be no one’s April fool when you curl up with the hilarious reads in our collection of funny...
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These Creepy Sonnets Form a Short Story About a Seance... And Aftermath
In honor of National Poetry Month, please enjoy a story in six sonnets by our very own acclaimed science fiction author Tim Powers.Sonnetsby Tim Powers I The nuns had mentioned it, in school. They...
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Celebrating Passover with Young Readers
With Passover fast approaching, children may have a lot of questions: “Why do we celebrate it?” “What do the traditions represent?” “What happens at the seder?” “Why do we ask the Four Questions?” And...
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Adorable Easter Craft Inspiration
By Alison of Kata Golda DesignsA Dozen Chicks I have been making a similar version of these for a while. These differ in that they are tiny and fit in an egg crate, and the color palette is neutral.I...
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The Legacy of Martin Luther King and James Earl Ray
To mark the anniversary of Martin Luther King's assassination, here is Open Road author Gerald Posner's author note included in his updated edition of Killing the Dream: James Earl Ray and the...
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Military Monday: 6 Questions for Alexander Grace
Our partner Casemate Publishers has just released Second Front: The Allied Invasion of France, 1942-1943. This alternative history explores the question of one of the great arguments of World War II...
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Happy Ninety-Fourth to Black Mask!
On this day in 1920, H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan launched The Black Mask, a pulp magazine offering “the best stories available of adventure, the best mystery and detective stories, the best...
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March Retro Reads Roundup
They say March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. With the winter winds still whipping our faces and the first hints of spring seemingly ages away, there was a bright—or shall we say,...
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